1938 to 1969

Commercialized the world's first practical fish finder.
Established FURUNO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. in Nagasaki
Began
manufacturing and selling fish finders.

1951

Established SUISAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, CO.,LTD.

1955

Established FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. by taking over operations from FURUNO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Capitalized at 8 million yen)

1958

Started selling overseas. (Argentina, Australia, China)

1959

Developed radar for vessels.

1961

Developed the world's first net sonde.
Capital increased to 120 million yen.

1964

Relocated headquarters from Nagasaki to Nishinomiya Factory in Hyogo pref.

1965

Developed the world's first net recorder.

1966

Entered into non-marine market.

1967

Developed full automatic sonar, facsimile receiver and direction finder.

Fish finder in the early years.

In 1950, FURUNO INDUSTRIES, LTD was established.

In 1965, Recording paper type fish finder, which is first export model for US market.

1970s

1971

Developed the Omega receiver.

1972

Received NMEA's fiscal 1971 Best Product Award.
Developed Japan's first Deppler Sonar and Scanning Sonar.

1973

Developed autopilot system, satellite positioning equipment and simple radio telephone.

1974

Developed radio navigation system and full-circle scanning sonar.
Developed gyrocompass
Established FURUNO NORGE A/S in Norway.

1976

Developed ultra-compact radar and half-circle scanning sonar.

1978

Established FURUNO U.S.A., INC. in the U.S.

1979

Completed Miki Factory
Established FURUNO (UK) LTD. in the U.K.

In 1971, FURUNO won the Best Product Award in the fish finder category from NMEA.

In 1972, Japan's first doppler sonar was developed.

In 1972, Japan's first current indicator, Model CI-20 was developed.

1980s

1980

Developed the world's first current indicator, VideoPlotter and compact facsimile receiver.

1981

Developed scientific sounder.

1982

Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.

1983

Increased capital to 6,200 million yen.

1984

Moved to the First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.
Developed facsimile receiver and bottom mapping system.
Acquired management control of KYORITSU RADIO CO., LTD. and KYORITSU RADIO SERVICE CO., LTD.

1985

Developed marine radar, color net recorder, bottom sonar, ARPA.

1986

Developed the world's first bird radar.
Developed GPS navigation system.

1987

Developed fishery monitoring radar, automated bonito pole-and-line fishing system Developed the world's first video LORAN.
Established FURUNO DANMARK A/S in Denmark.
Established FURUNO SVERIGE AB in Sweden.

1989

Completed FURUNO INT Center.

In 1982, 150MHz direction finder, Model FD-150 was developed.

In 1986, World's first bird radar was developed.

In 1987, Automated bonito pole-and-line fishing system was developed.

1990s

1990

Developed equipment for the research submersible SHINKAI 6500 system
Increased capital to 7,535 million yen
Launched Spirit of Furuno 21, a fishing boat-type testing vessel.
Established FURUNO FRANCE S.A. in France.

Developed GPS-steered Time & Frequency Generator.
Began in-house sales of ETCs
Won a long-term supply contract for the NavNet series of network-compatible navigational equipment from the US Coast Guard.
Established FURUNO SOFTECH (DALIAN) CO., LTD. in Dalian, China.

2004

Developed the Tanken-Maru system, a fish finder for recreational fishing boats.
Established FURUNO POLSKA Sp. z o.o. in Poland.
Opened the FURUNO European Distribution Centre (FEDC) in the Netherlands.

2005

Developed the world's first dual-frequency searchlight sonar
Opened FURUNO DONG GUAN FACTORY in China.
Established FURUNO DEUTSCHLAND GmbH in Germany.
Established FURUNO EURUS LLC in Russian Federation.
Established the FURUNO INS Training Center (INSTC) in Denmark.

2006

Developed FCV-620, a fish finder with a 5.6-inch LCD for the recreational boat market.
Purchased a 49% stake in French company SIGNET S.A. and convertible bonds.
Established FURUNO EUROPE B.V. in The Netherlands.
Developed S-VDR (Simplified Voyage Data Recorder) VR-3000S.
Developed Ultra sensitive GPS receiver.